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Lex Fridman Podcast

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Jul 21, 2024 • 2h 57min

#437 – Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6

Jordan Jonas, winner of Alone Season 6, shares survival experiences in Siberia, hunting strategies, mental toughness, faith, and reflections on extreme environments. Exploring themes of resilience, history, entrepreneurship, and societal unity to prevent division and conspiracy theories.
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Jul 2, 2024 • 0sec

#436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

Ivanka Trump, businesswoman and former senior advisor, discusses her reflections on family, architecture, fashion, and personal growth. She shares insights on problem-solving, empowering women in fashion, balancing perfection, trust in intuition, political campaign experiences, and serving in the White House. The podcast covers family dynamics, parenting challenges, inner peace, martial arts philosophy, interplanetary travel, and hope for the future of humanity.
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Jun 28, 2024 • 1h 57min

#435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships

Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman discusses topics ranging from focus and controversy to politics and relationships. The conversation includes insights on problem-solving, cognitive enhancers like peptides and nicotine, as well as discussions on entrainment, political landscape, jungle adventures, psychedelics, and the importance of friendship and loyalty.
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Jun 19, 2024 • 3h 11min

#434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet

CEO of Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, discusses revolutionizing search engines with AI, emphasizing the importance of citations, balancing simplicity and complexity in design, and exploring the future of AI in deepening understanding. The conversation also dives into self-play in AI, customizing language models for low latency, and empowering humans through AI friendships and connections.
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Jun 13, 2024 • 3h 2min

#433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens

Astrobiologist and theoretical physicist Sara Walker discusses the complexities of life, its definitions, and the debate between materialists and vitalists. The conversation explores the origin of life through physics, the 10 great inventions of evolution, and the interplay between randomness and determinism in creating structures. They also touch on alien civilizations, fashion, computation in biology and physics, and the co-evolution of humans and technology.
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Jun 5, 2024 • 0sec

#432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

Kevin Spacey, Oscar-winning actor, discusses power, controversy, betrayal, truth, and love in film and life. They explore themes of self-discovery in 'American Beauty', intricate acting in movies like 'Seven', facing allegations and public perception, and the thin line between good and evil in personal experiences.
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Jun 2, 2024 • 0sec

#431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI

Roman Yampolskiy, an AI safety researcher and author, discusses the existential risks of AGI, the dangers and complexities of superintelligent AI, issues with AI aligning human values, potential catastrophic consequences, and the challenges of controlling superintelligent AI systems. The conversation dives into creating virtual universes for agents, manipulating suffering through technology, and the implications of open-sourcing AI technology. It also touches on the risks of AI surpassing human intelligence, challenges in AI verification processes, and the balance between AI capabilities and safety in a capitalist society.
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May 25, 2024 • 0sec

#430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories

Psychologist and neuroscientist Charan Ranganath discusses human memory intricacies like imagination, deja vu, false memories, and enhancing memory through spatial techniques. They explore passing on wisdom across generations, decoding memories with fMRI, unraveling the mystery of Deja Vu, the impact of love and loss on memory, and the intersection of memory and time. They also touch on childhood ADHD, unconventional music styles, and the depth of human perception and consciousness.
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May 15, 2024 • 4h 12min

#429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God

Naturalist and explorer Paul Rosolie discusses encounters with deadly creatures in the Amazon jungle, including black caiman crocodiles and anacondas. He explores the impact of lifestyle on human physiology and the hunting tactics of apex predators like anacondas. The conversation also delves into the mysteries of the jungle, the dance of life between ants and plants, and the intelligence and emotions of wild elephants.
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Apr 22, 2024 • 2h 45min

#428 – Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens

Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll discusses topics ranging from general relativity and quantum mechanics to black holes and aliens. He explores the challenges of detecting Hawking radiation, the holographic principle in black holes, and the mysteries of quantum mechanics. Sean also delves into artificial general intelligence, panpsychism, and ethical considerations in science, providing insights into the beauty and tragedy of general relativity along the way.

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